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IMMERSIVE ISLAND

  • Writer: Aleksandr Kiselev
    Aleksandr Kiselev
  • Aug 31, 2023
  • 2 min read

Updated: Sep 18, 2023


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A lot of documentaries at Venice Immersive - the Extended Reality section of the 80th Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia. That's the future – today…


Venice Immersive is entirely devoted to immersive media and includes all XR means of creative expression: 360° videos and XR works of any length, including installations and virtual worlds.

The Venice Immersive section of the 80th Venice International Film Festival takes place on the Venice Immersive Island (Isola del Lazzaretto Vecchio), located in front of Riva di Corinto in Lido di Venezia.

The 2023 Venice Immersive selection is composed of a total of forty-three projects (five 360° videos, twenty-one standalone VR projects, fifteen installations, two VR worlds on VRChat) from twenty-five Countries, divided as follows:

· 28 projects in Competition

· 9 projects in the Best of Immersive section

· 6 projects in the Biennale College Cinema VR section

In addition to the above, a selection of 24 virtual worlds is presented in the Worlds Gallery accessible through curated world-hop tours on the Venice Immersive Island.


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In the section Best of Immersive among others there is

DAVID ATTENBOROUGH’S CONQUEST OF THE SKIES

by Lewis Ball.


David Attenborough takes you on an awe-inspiring journey through the evolution of flight in Conquest of the Skies, the latest VR 180 docuseries from Alchemy Immersive and Meta Quest, in collaboration with Atlantic Productions, ZOO VFX and 1.618 Digital. Informed by the latest paleontological breakthroughs, this immersive series lets you marvel at an incredible variety of aerodynamic forms as you discover the 320-million-year dynasty of flight in stunning 3D 8K 60fps Virtual Reality, with ambisonic audio. Over three episodes, learn how insects, reptiles and birds unshackled themselves from the grips of gravity and took to the skies, with natural history legend, David Attenborough, as your guide.


Lewis Ball:

Conquest of the Skies is a story of transcendence and evolution that is designed to humble and create a sense of awe for audiences as they move through time. There are a lot of new techniques involved in putting a project like this together, and when I think about it I realise that the efforts and magic that the whole team weaved together to assemble this series echo nature’s triumphs in a way. Everything is always evolving: from life on this earth, to David Attenborough’s storytelling and to the production techniques we employ, all the way down to the mediums our stories can be showcased on... It’s an exciting thing to realise that the best is yet to come.

 
 
 

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